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Image of a marker on Devils Foot Road located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 1930. A footprint-like natural impression or possibly petrosomatoglyph. Legends going back to the colonial era tell of a squaw being chased by the devil. Some say that…

Image of Washington Square located in Newport, Rhode Island. Washington Square is the geographical and historical heart of Newport Rhode Island. More trapezoid than square, it exists at the intersection of several major streets and what was the…

Image of a drawing of Old Colony House, also known as the Old State House or the Newport Colony House located in Newport, Rhode Island, 1850. The Newport Colony House is the fourth oldest statehouse still standing in the United States. It was…

Image of a drawing of the Quaker Church in Newport, Rhode Island, 1850.The Great Friends Meeting House, built in 1699, is the oldest surviving house of worship in Rhode Island. Quakers, as they were dubbed by their detractors, were the most…

Image of Bellevue Avenue located in Newport, Rhode Island by Anne H. Wilbur in 1850. Bellevue Avenue displays an assemblage of American architecture distinguished by the variety of styles and famous architectural firms represented, the district…

Image of seven artillerymen from Battery B with guns in trench during World War I. Includes Pete Finney and Edgar Black.See also:Adjutant General - Correspondence Received (1790 - 1915)Adjutant General - Letters Written (1914 - 1927)World War I -…

Image of two French Officers during World War I, c. 1917.See also:Adjutant General - Correspondence Received (1790 - 1915)Adjutant General - Letters Written (1914 - 1927)World War I - Statements of Military ServiceWorld War I - Bonus Cards, 1921

Image of seven soldiers in a trench in France during World War I.See also:Adjutant General - Correspondence Received (1790 - 1915)Adjutant General - Letters Written (1914 - 1927)World War I - Statements of Military ServiceWorld War I - Bonus Cards,…

Image of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers assembling in Providence, R.I. The train station in the foreground is occupied today by the Federal Court House. See also:Military Records - Civil WarCivil War Recruitment Book (1861)Board of Military…

Image of the oceanfront in Narragansett, Rhode Island.See also:Report of Commission on Breachway Between Point Judith Pond and the Atlantic Ocean, Made to the General Assembly at is January Session, 1907, 1907Rhode Island Historical Preservation…

Image of Narragansett Beach located in Narragansett, Rhode Island.See also:Report of Commission on Breachway Between Point Judith Pond and the Atlantic Ocean, Made to the General Assembly at is January Session, 1907, 1907Rhode Island Historical…